Ohanaeze Ndigbo hails Tinubu over planned release of Nnamdi Kanu, reveals date
Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, has expressed support for President Tinubu’s decision to consider releasing Nnamdi Kanu from detention.According…
Native doctor bags 12 months jail for killing neighbour’s cow
An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court on Thursday sentenced a 45-year-old native doctor, Michael Oyewole, to 12 months imprisonment for killing his neighbour’s cow. The…
Wife Hits Husband With Pressing Iron, Destroys his 90 Sets Of Clothes For Chatting With Girlfriends
A Kano State Shari’a court sitting in Rijiyar Lemu has ordered the remand of a woman, Hafsa Ibrahim, for hitting her husband, Jamilu Muhammad, with a…
FBI fines U.S. manufacturer $1.7 million for shipping multibillion-naira farming equipment to ‘Yahoo…
Oregon Tool Incorporated, a U.S.-based company that sells farming equipment and precision cutting tools, has reached an agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice to pay $1.7 million fine for shipping…
Awori monarch lectures Oba of Benin on ‘founders’ of Lagos
The Olofin of Isheri and Adimula of Awori Kingdom, Oba Sulaimon Bamgbade has described recent claim by the Oba of Benin Oba N’Edo Uku Apolokpolo, Eheneden Erediauwa, Ewuare II about the founders and initial…
Reports of my death were not fake – Rapper Oladips
Renowned rapper Oladipupo Oladimeji, known as Oladips, has debunked claims that he faked his death as a publicity stunt for his latest album, ‘Superhero Adugbo.’ The management of the musician had stated on November 15,…
Lagos bans closure of streets for parties, social events, offenders to be arrested, prosecuted
The Lagos State Government through the Lagos State Taskforce has condemned in its entirety the way and manner in which some residents in some parts of the State close inner roads/streets to hold social events thereby…
EFCC withdraws money laundering charge against ex-Lagos attorney general Shasore
The Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, withdrew the money laundering charge preferred against Olasupo Shasore, SAN, following a directive by the Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and…
Nigerian Nurse In UK Sacked, Deported Over Prayer For Dying Patient
A Nigerian healthcare worker in the United Kingdom has been fired and deported after she was reportedly seen praying for an elderly dying patient. In a post shared on ‘X,’ popular Nigerian doctor @drolufunmilayo stated…
Brain drain: More than 400 consultant Anaesthetists have left Nigeria in 2 years
The President of the Nigerian Society of Anaesthetists, Dr. Olubusola Alagbe-Briggs, disclosed that over 400 consultant anaesthetists have left Nigeria in the past two years in pursuit of more favourable professional…
NNPCL ranks third for free cash flow generation among African oil companies in 2024 – Report
NNPCL ranks third for free cash flow generation by oil companies in Africa by 2024. This is according to the State of the African Energy 2024 Outlook Report released in November 2023 by the African Energy Chamber. A…
Rema cancels December shows, gives reasons
Nigerian superstar, Divine Ikubor, popularly known as Rema has announced plans to cancel all his shows for December 2023. The singer who recently held his O2 Arena show in London, said he would not be performing due to…
Demolition: We won’t succumb to propaganda, blackmail, threat – Lagos vows
The Lagos State Government on Thursday vowed not to succumb to any propaganda, blackmail and threat in enforcing its environmental laws which has seen several buildings demolished. The demolished buildings in Lekki and…
Nigerians bothered about soaring food prices, not budget – Bismarck Rewane
Bismarck Rewane, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Financial Derivatives Company Limited has said Nigerians are now more preoccupied with how to cope with the soaring prices of food than with the…
Appeal Court Dismisses Suit To Impeach Ondo Deputy Gov
The application by the Ondo State House of Assembly Speaker, Olamide Oladiji and other lawmakers seeking the impeachment of the state’s Deputy Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa. The panel of justices at the Court of Appeal dismissed…
Jalingo Town Surrounded By Bandits, Taraba Hunters Cry Out
Adamu Dantala, Chairman Taraba Hunters Association, has raised the alarm that over 300 bandits have reportedly surrounded Jalingo, the Taraba State capital. He said the bandits came to the state from Zamfara, Bauchi and…
British-Nigerian admits guilt in New York bank hacking crime
Idris Dayo Mustapha, a person who is from both Britain and Nigeria, admitted in a court in New York that he took part in a criminal plan that lasted more than seven years. This plan involved breaking into computer…
‘Japa’ wave hits Nigeria’s investment banking industry
A disturbing development fast becoming a major concern for most companies in Nigeria has taken its toll on the investment banking and financial advisory industries as SBG Securities Research, a member of Standard Bank…
U.S. Court Grants Tinubu’s Request to Intervene in Halting the Release of FBI Records
The U.S. Court for the District of Columbia has granted President Bola Tinubu’s motion to intervene and oppose the release of his records held by the…
Tinubu confirms appointment of Adepoju as comptroller-general of Nigeria Immigration Service
President Bola Tinubu has confirmed the appointment of Wura-Ola Adepoju as the substantive comptroller-general (CG) of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS). The Cable reports that Adepoju reportedly disclosed the…
South-West group exposes owners of demolished properties in Lagos
A group, South-West Professional Forum (SOWPROF), has revealled the identity of those that have been majorly affected by the recent demolition in Lagos State. According to the group, majority of the illegal structures…
BREAKING: Ondo Deputy Governor Aiyedatiwa Presides Over State Exco Meeting
Ondo State Deputy Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa, is currently presiding over a State Executive Council meeting.This follows months of tension over the absence of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu from the state The meeting, which is…
BREAKING: 2024 budget passes second reading barely 24-hours after presentation
The House of Representatives has passed the N27.5 trillion 2024 budget which was submitted by President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday for second reading. Leading the debate on the general principles of the budget, House…
FRC to reintroduce corporate governance code for churches, mosques, NGOs
The Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRC) says it will reintroduce the corporate governance code for not-for-profit organisations. Speaking at a stakeholders and media roundtable meeting in Lagos on Wednesday,…